John Darwin
Books by John Darwin
The Empire Project
by John Darwin
This is an extraordinary panoramic tour de force. Darwin stresses that the Empire was a varied, in some ways chaotic and contingent, construction
Interviews where books by John Darwin were recommended
The best books on British Empire, recommended by David Cannadine
Historian David Cannadine tells us why it’s less interesting to argue about whether the British Empire was a force for good or ill, than to understand how it worked and why it fell apart. He suggests a reading list to get us started.
